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TIL The current water speed record for the fastest speed achieved by a water-borne vehicle was achieved 46 years ago and is considered one of the sporting world's most hazardous competitions.

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rRroe TIL dogs have 10x to 20x faster reaction times than humans.
b9lMa TIL Wimbledon employs a bird of prey, Rufus the Hawk, to keep pigeons away from the tennis courts.
9wrgB TIL That in the original Robocop movie the trauma team trying to save 'Alex Murphy' was comprised of a real ER trauma team from a Dallas hospital (where the movie was filmed). To add authenticity to the scene the team was allowed to ad-lib their dialogue,
oBBaY Short answer: You’re less distracted by your native tongue.
W7L8B TIL that, in 1805, Carl Friedrich Gauss had actually invented Fast Fourier Transform even before Fourier Transform itself but it was forgotten because he didn't publish it. It was re-invented about 160 years later by James Cooley & John Tukey, in a bid to detect nuclear bomb testing underground.